Vive la résistance: reviving resistance for 21st century conservation

DG Nimmo, R Mac Nally, SC Cunningham… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
Confronted with increasing anthropogenic change, conservation in the 21st century requires
a sound understanding of how ecological systems change during disturbance. We highlight …

Animal movements in fire‐prone landscapes

DG Nimmo, S Avitabile, SC Banks… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Movement is a trait of fundamental importance in ecosystems subject to frequent
disturbances, such as fire‐prone ecosystems. Despite this, the role of movement in …

Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

DA Driscoll, KJ Macdonald, RK Gibson, TS Doherty… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
With large wildfires becoming more frequent,, we must rapidly learn how megafires impact
biodiversity to prioritize mitigation and improve policy. A key challenge is to discover how …

A succession of theories: purging redundancy from disturbance theory

SA Pulsford, DB Lindenmayer… - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The topics of succession and post‐disturbance ecosystem recovery have a long and
convoluted history. There is extensive redundancy within this body of theory, which has …

Predator responses to fire: A global systematic review and meta‐analysis

WL Geary, TS Doherty, DG Nimmo… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of how disturbances such as fire shape habitat structure and
composition, and affect animal interactions, is fundamental to ecology and ecosystem …

Optimal fire histories for biodiversity conservation

LT Kelly, AF Bennett, MF Clarke… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is used as a management tool for biodiversity conservation worldwide. A common
objective is to avoid population extinctions due to inappropriate fire regimes. However, in …

[HTML][HTML] Management diversity begets biodiversity in production forest landscapes

R Duflot, L Fahrig, M Mönkkönen - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
How to manage forest for biodiversity conservation is an ongoing debate. We argue that
maximizing biodiversity in managed forest landscapes requires a diversity of forest …

Fire severity and landscape context effects on arboreal marsupials

DB Lindenmayer, W Blanchard, L McBurney… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Although fire is a major form of natural disturbance worldwide, both fire-derived landscape
context effects and the impacts of fire severity are poorly known for many species. To …

Long-unburnt habitat is critical for the conservation of threatened vertebrates across Australia

B von Takach, CJ Jolly, KM Dixon, CE Penton… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Increases in fire frequency, intensity and extent are occurring globally. Relative to
historical, Indigenous managed conditions, contemporary landscapes are often …

After the 'Black Summer'fires: Faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type

V Miritis, CR Dickman, DG Nimmo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and human activities have disrupted historical fire regimes, leading to
complex and far‐reaching impacts on global ecosystems. Despite extensive research in fire …